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South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Theatre Sister/Senior ODP

The closing date is 15 May 2025

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Job summary

Are you looking for a new challenge and to find a fulfilling career in healthcare? Do you want to make a difference to people's lives?

We would like to hear from qualified ODP practitioners and Registered Nurses to be a part of our dynamic team at our accredited Friarage Surgical Centre.

Do you have:

  • A passion for delivering high quality patient care
  • Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
  • The ability to deliver safe, effective and compassionate care
  • A commitment to continual personal and professional development.
  • 1 years post qualifying experience
  • Scrub experience in General Surgery

Main duties of the job

The operating department at the Friarage Hospital currently has 5 operating theatres within the Unit and in 2025 we will be opening our new Surgical Hub which will have 6 main operating theatres and 2 Minor Op rooms, The theatres provide an operating service to the following clinical specialities: General Surgery, Gynaecology, Urology, Orthopaedics, Plastics,ENT,Maxillofacial, Ophthalmic,Pain and Spinal Surgery.

You will need to be an active member of the multidisciplinary team by demonstrating a range of essential skills to lead your team .

The department is committed to staff development and offers the opportunity to develop your leadership skills further. Staff will at times be expected to work across site at the main tertiary centre at James Cook University Hospital. Good communication and organisational skills and the ability to lead a team are essential to this post.

About us

Leadership and Improvement Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to

Explore leadership within the NHS

Promote Trust Values and Behaviours

Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills

Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Details

Date posted

08 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year Per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

328-PCC-7175121

Job locations

The Friarage Hospital

Bullamoor Road

Northallerton

DL6 4JG


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Experience working within and acute or community setting
  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Effectively prioritises and co-ordinates own work.
  • Good information technology skills.
  • Commitment to the needs of the service including a flexible and adaptable approach in the work environment/ work practices.

Qualification

Essential

  • Registered Nurse with NMC or ODP with HCPC
  • Nursing Degree/Diploma or ODP qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Trauma and orthopaedic scrub experience.
  • Prepared to update and undertake further professional education. To meet the required skills for the role
Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Experience working within and acute or community setting
  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Effectively prioritises and co-ordinates own work.
  • Good information technology skills.
  • Commitment to the needs of the service including a flexible and adaptable approach in the work environment/ work practices.

Qualification

Essential

  • Registered Nurse with NMC or ODP with HCPC
  • Nursing Degree/Diploma or ODP qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Trauma and orthopaedic scrub experience.
  • Prepared to update and undertake further professional education. To meet the required skills for the role

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Friarage Hospital

Bullamoor Road

Northallerton

DL6 4JG


Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Friarage Hospital

Bullamoor Road

Northallerton

DL6 4JG


Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Theatre Manager

Louise Cawthorn

louise.cawthorn@nhs.net

01609763141

Details

Date posted

08 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year Per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

328-PCC-7175121

Job locations

The Friarage Hospital

Bullamoor Road

Northallerton

DL6 4JG


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